A policy statement<\/strong> is a straightforward declaration of a CPA policy on a particular topic or topics. Such statements are designed to clarify intent, to guide action, and to prevent misunderstandings that might lead to unauthorized or inappropriate conduct.<\/p>\n Policy statements are short, concise and dated. They contain the following elements:<\/p>\n A position paper<\/strong> sets out the opinion or stance of the CPA vis-\u00e0-vis a particular issue. A position statement is more comprehensive than a policy statement; it contains background information and examination\/discussion in order to provide a more complete understanding of the issues involved and of the rationale for a position and perhaps a policy. A major purpose of a position statement is to highlight psychology\u2019s unique expertise.<\/p>\n As new evidence accrues, CPA may change its position on a particular issue, and thus, policy and position statements and discussion papers ought to be reviewed on a regular schedule by the PPC. Position papers typically include recommendations related to implementation of a position.<\/p>\n A discussion paper <\/strong>is produced for the purpose of providing balanced information on a particular topic without espousing or advocating a particular CPA position. A discussion paper does not stand by itself as a statement of a CPA policy or position, but may be used to formulate a policy statement or position paper.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Approved by the CPA Board of Directors, June 2012<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1760,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1899","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1899"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17668,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1899\/revisions\/17668"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpa.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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